✨ Mining Lease Proclamation
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1870.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the 29th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, to demise for mining purposes, to any person, for any term not exceeding fifteen years from the making of the lease, any auriferous Crown Lands not exceeding ten acres in the whole of alluvial ground, or an area of 400 yards by 200 yards on a quartz reef, and to grant sites for machinery and any necessary easements for the purposes aforesaid, subject, nevertheless, to the conditions or provisions in the said section contained:
And whereas, by the one hundred and ninth Section of the said Act, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to such person as the Governor may think fit all or any of the powers vested in the Governor by the said Act, except the powers conferred by Sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven thereof, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit:
And whereas His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, did, on the third day of February, 1869, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, delegate unto me, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, all the powers vested in him by the twenty-ninth section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866."
Now therefore, I, Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland, in exercise of the powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby give notice that on the 26th day of Sept. 1870, I intend to demise to the persons named in the Schedule hereto annexed, certain auriferous Crown Lands, containing quartz lodes or veins, for the term specified in the said Schedule, on condition that the ground is restored to the satisfaction of the District Surveyor.
Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this twelfth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
C. Hoos.
SCHEDULE.
| Name of Lessees | Situation | Area | Term of Lease |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part and Co. | South Beach, Grey | 5 acres | Fifteen years |
| Bramwell and Co. | South Beach, Grey | 5 acres | Fifteen years |
Hokitika, 12th August, 1870.
To the WARDEN, POONAMU.
SIR—I herewith deposit the sum of twenty pounds (£20) as required by the Water Race Lease Regulations, and I agree, if my application (the particulars of which are herein set forth) be investigated, that such sum shall in all respects be held subject to the terms of such regulations, and that upon the approval of this application I will execute a lease upon the basis therein stated, if the Governor’s Delegate shall think fit to grant the same.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
William Evans,
Manager Greenstone and Eastern Hohonu Water Race and Gold Mining Company,
Registered.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 29
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🗺️ Proclamation of Gold Mining Leases
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey12 September 1870
Gold mining, Lease, Quartz lodes, Westland, Crown Lands
- Conrad Hoos, Issued mining lease proclamation
- William Evans, Deposited sum for water race lease
- Conrad Hoos, Chairman of the County Council of the County of Westland